We are
Brian and Charmian from Maine

We already know you are an amazing person for considering this selfless choice and you have already earned our respect, gratitude, and admiration.

Brian

Ancestry: Irish, Italian

Religion: Catholic

Occupation: Group Vice President

Education: BA

Hobbies: Golfing, Sports, Traveling

Charmian

Ancestry: English, German

Religion: Catholic

Occupation: Stay-at-home Mom

Education: JD

Hobbies: Reading, Traveling, Gardening

Ethnicities

Preferred Ethnicity of Baby: Caucasian

Preferred Gender of Baby:
Either

Religion Child To Be Raised: Catholic

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Dear Expectant Mom

Dear Expectant Mother,

We
know you have a lot weighing on you and that this is a very important decision
you are considering. We already know you are an amazing person for considering
this selfless choice and you have already earned our respect, gratitude,
and admiration. We would like to tell you a bit about ourselves. Brian and
I met online and knew very quickly that we would share our lives together.
We were living in New York at the time and spent most weekends with friends, family
or out enjoying the city. Brian has a close-knit group of guy friends, so we
spent many weekends with his friends and their wives and Sunday dinners at
his parents’ home. We were married three years later.

We
have a large, extended family and a large network of friends who were our
biggest supporters when we went through the adoption process three years ago
for our daughter, Paige. They are so excited we are hoping to expand our
family once again! In the years we have been together, all our friends have
had children (some of whom call us “Aunt” and “Uncle”) and Brian’s brother
and his wife have two boys who are now five and seven years old. They are
the best, big cousins to our 3-year-old and we love to get together with them (and
often with many 3rd and 4th cousins as well)! As a stay-at-home
mom, I am very active in various play groups and mom groups, and have annual
passes to several play spaces. In the one year since Brian's job moved us to
Maine we've created a large network of new friends, some we see weekly, so the
kids can play.

I
(Charmie) have always known that I am unable to bear children and grew up
knowing that I would one day adopt my children. I had great role models in
the power of love and adoption, in my own father, and my aunt, who were
adopted by my grandparents. I included my desire to adopt as part of my
online dating profile and it was one of the reasons that drew us together.

We
are a genuinely happy couple and are constantly making one another laugh.
Brian goes into the office, so days start with him kissing me as he
leaves for work while I get our daughter dressed and ready for the day. I love
being a stay-at-home mom. Being able to be there for our daughter's first
smile, words, and steps are just some of the joys I've experienced. Paige is
our greatest joy and we spend most weekends taking her to some area activity – the
community pool, attend a local festival, go berry picking, hay rides, sledding
or just a walk along the beach or marsh near our house when the weather is
nice. Our table is usually filled with Brian’s homemade meals and our
day is typically not complete without an evening walk with our 4-year-old
yellow lab, Maggie. We also share our home with our
cat Sammie, who curls up with us every night at the end of a long day. We would
much rather spend time at home with close friends or family than go out at
night.

We are grateful that you are considering adoption and want you to
know that should you chose us that you would always be a part of our
story, we would always tell your child how much you loved him or her. Your
child would have a secure future in our family with many opportunities to
learn and grow. We hope you find comfort in knowing that we would love
and cherish your baby with all our hearts.

With
Warmest Regards,

Charmie & Brian

Q & A

Q: Tell us about your home and neighborhood.

A: We live in a single-family, two-story home, with a finished basement, four bedrooms, and 3.5 bathrooms. It’s a suburban development, a mile from the beach. We also have a nice, fenced-in backyard with a back deck off our kitchen, a patio, and a play set. We focused on this area because of its great school system. We love the open floor plan, with kitchen, dining room and living room on the main level, as well as large bedrooms, with a huge playroom on the second floor. Our finished basement is a toddler paradise right now and it is usually covered with Duplo blocks or Magna Tiles. We’ve developed a great group of friends in the area who we love to spend time with on the weekends. There is a children’s park and a baseball field within walking distance and a link to the 65-mile biking/hiking trail close to the house. We love to go for long family walks over the area marsh or along the seven-mile sandy beach that is near the house. About two miles away is a touristy area with a lot to do in the summer including a seaside amusement park, a pier, and summer attractions.

Q: When you have a 3-day weekend, what you like to do?

A: Our last 3-day weekend, we went to visit family in Pennsylvania so our three-year-old, Paige, could spend time with her grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins. The kids loved running around and playing together at Grandma and Papa’s house! We have also love exploring some small islands along the coast of Maine in the past or area events if it’s a holiday weekend.

Q: Do you have pets? If so, tell us about them

A: We have a 4-year-old yellow lab, Maggie, who is the sweetest dog in the world. Maggie has always been our daughter’s best bud and is always the first one to say hi to her in the morning. Maggie loves joining Brian at work on “Dog Fridays” and she has to stop by everyone’s office to visit and comes home exhausted! We also have a tuxedo cat, Sammie. Sammie is primarily Charmie’s cat so follows her from room to room to claim a lap when it becomes available!

Q: What do you hope to teach your child(ren)?

A: We hope to teach our children how to be good people and be kind to others. Obviously we’d love to impart life skills and hope to provide a good formal education, but also want them to know they will always be loved and have a safe place with us. Charmie has a law degree and an MBA and tries to do her research on the current parenting, education and safety information for kids to be the best stay-at-home mom she can be.

Q: What will you tell your child about his or her birthmom?

A: Our daughter is also adopted so we have already been sharing details as she ages that are age appropriate. We try to read children’s books that describe adoption situations and make sure that being adopted is not something she ever needs to “find out” but is something she’s always known. We mention her birth mother with love and gratitude and talk about her birth mom. She’s still too young to understand much but we hope she and any future sibling(s) know the love and appreciation we have for their birth mothers. Charmie’s dad and aunt are both adopted as well and Charmie has learned a lot about adoption and birth families from them as she grew up so we try to model it for our daughter.

Q: Are you active in your church? Tell us about your activities.

A: Brian was born and raised Catholic and attended Catholic school from elementary school through college. Charmie converted to Catholicism before our wedding and we attend church when we can. We have been getting to know our new Catholic Church in Maine over the last year since moved here and are excited about the number of young families who also attend.

Q: How will a child enrich your life?

A: We love our three-year-old daughter with all our hearts and adopting her in 2015 was the best thing to ever happen to us. We both grew up with another sibling and feel like a piece is missing from our family puzzle at this time and would love to become a family of four. We are so family focused that another child will just expand our lives and complete our family. We know our daughter would make the best big sister and we can’t wait to experience more of what life has to offer as parents.

Q: Will you be a stay-at-home parent? If so, what are your day-to-day plans?

A: Charmie is a stay-at-home mom to Paige, and spends her time attending area play group activities so the kids can play, Mommy & Me swim classes, open gym play times, has an annual pass to the Children’s museum, meeting friends at the local park and hosting play dates. Paige will be starting preschool three days a week in the fall, so Charmie will have more time to focus on a new addition should we be lucky enough to add one.

Q: When you close your eyes and see yourself holding your precious baby in your arms, what are your thoughts regarding his or her birth mother?

A: We love and admire our current daughter’s birth mother more than words can say. Being chosen to receive the greatest gift in the world is a very powerful thing and our gratitude and love know no bounds. We can only imagine what the experience of being selected as adoptive parents a second time would be like but know there is no other way for us to grow our family. We need someone to select us and would love to repay that trust with our love every day. We hope that the birth mother would know we would be grateful for a lifetime.

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